Tree path 5 levels King's Pawn Game › Nimzowitsch Defense › Nimzowitsch Defense › Kennedy Variation › de Smet Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Nimzowitsch Defense B00
- Nimzowitsch Defense B00
- Kennedy Variation B00
- de Smet Gambit B00 you are here
Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, de Smet Gambit
Overview
Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, de Smet Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B00, Semi-Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 d6, after 6 plies of opening development.
The line refines Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B00
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 6
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Statistics from Lichess
759,370 games · White 47.1% / Draw 4.2% / Black 48.8%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| exd6 | 544,163 | |
| Nf3 | 111,517 | |
| Bb5 | 59,052 | |
| f4 | 18,244 | |
| Nc3 | 13,433 | |
| Bc4 | 3,644 | |
| Bf4 | 2,165 | |
| e6 | 1,841 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:17:52
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